Canopy-support.



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l CANUPY SUPPURT. (Application led AMay 21, 1900.)

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CANDPY SUPPORT.

(Application leli May 21, 1960.)

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WILLIAM P. BIDDLE, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

CANOPY-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,740, dated March 12, 1901. llpplication filed May 2l, 1900. Serial No. 17,359. lNo model.,l

To all whom` it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, WILLIAM P. BIDDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Canopy-Supports, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates particularly to such 'canopy-supports as are applied to bedsteads for the support of a mosquito-netting adapted to extend overthe entire bedstead.

The object of my invention is to provide a canopy-support which maybe manufactured at a small cost and which may be easily applied to beds and other articles and readily manipulated so as to put the canopy into position for use or raiseit and fold the netting at and above the head of the bed.

`The improvement extends to features embodied in a hinged frame, to spring mechanism for supporting said frame, to means for securing said frame and spring mechanism to the bedstead, and to a vertical adjustable head portionof the support, which may also be secured by the means which secures said hinged frame and said spring mechanism to the bedstead.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation showing my improved support applied to a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a detached view of the hinged frame. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the corners of said frame. Fig. 4 is a detail rear elevation showing a portion of the hinged frame, one of the liftingsprings, and a portion of the vertical adjustable head portion of the support, all secured to the head of the bedstead by a single plate or bracket. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Figi 4. Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the face of said plate or bracket which rests against the bedstead. Fig.'7 is a detail View showing the lifting-spring looking horizontally in a line parallel to the axis of the coil from the edge of the headboard opposite the edge to which said 'spring is attached. Fig. S is a View of said spring looking from the direction of the foot of the bed. Fig. 9 is a detail view showing the plate or bracket applied to a cylindric post of a metallicy bed- .stead or similar article. l

Referring iwrst to Fig. l of said drawings, A is the body of a wooden bedstead B is the headboard or head-frame, and C is the footboard or foot-frame of said bedstead.

The canopy-support, as here shown, consists of two principal parts, the head-support D and the hinged frame E. Auxiliary to these parts are the lifting-spring Fand the plate or bracket Gr, which secures said headsupport, said hinged frame, and said liftingspring to the headboard of the bed. Said lifting-spring and said plate G are duplicated on the side of the bedstead opposite the side shown in said Fig. 1.

The frame E is hinged to the plate G at G. The lifting-spring F has one end adapted to engage the frame F., as by a sliding connection at E', said connection being preferably formed by bending the end of the spring F loosely around the adjacent arm of the frame E, so as to form a coil F. The opposite end of said spring is folded to form a foot F2, extending iiatwise between the bedstead and the plate G. (See Figs. -l and 7.) Screws g'and g3 extend through said plate into the bedstead, thus clamping said foot between said plate and the bedstead. Between said foot and said coil F' said lifting-spring F is formed into one or more (the drawings show two) coils F3, resting in a plane to which said foot is lateral, said coils being on a horizontal axis parallel to and far enough forward of the plane of said foot to make said plane tangential to said coils. Said spring is so formed that the end bearing the coil F is normally above the foot F2 and the hinge G', so that its tendency is to lift the hinged frame E into the vertical position, substantially parallel to the headboard of the bed. The hinged frame E is adapted to stand either in a vertical, inclined, or horizontal position. One or more cords H, applied to the end of said frame opposite the headboard, are used for drawing the hinged frame downward into the positionslrown by said Fig. l. When drawn down into the said position, said cord may be secu red' to the footboard of the bed by any suitable means, as the hook H. Then said cord is released, the

spring F again lifts said frame and the netting supported thereby into the npright position. Figs. 2 and 3 show more fully the construction of said hinged frame. The frame is composed of the two side arms E2 and the connecting end piece E3. These three parts IOO mayconsist ofasingle piece or they may be distinct and their meeting ends suitably joined to each other. The drawings show such union formed by means of coiled-wire tubes E4. Such a union is shown in detail by Fig. 3. The coiled-wire tube E4 has an internal diameter equal to the external diameter of the parts E2 and E3. -The adjacent ends of the parts E2 and E? have peripheral notches e3, into which a portion of the coils e4 of the coiled tube E4 may fall, thus -locking said parts E2 and E3 within said coiled tube. Said coiled tube being made of a good quality of springwire, said tube becomes amply strong for forming such a union. At one end of said coiled tube the wire is turned downward below the periphery of said tube and formed into a hook E5, as shown in the right-hand portion of Fig. which portion is an end view of the coil shown in plan in the other portion of said figure. Said hook E5 is used as an attachment for the cord H, by which said hinged frame is drawn downward, as already described. The lower end of each part E2 of said hinged frame is bent horizontally toward the other part, so as to form two hinge-arms E6, directed toward each other. Said arms E6 extend into or through the sleeve E7 on the lower part of the plate G. Thus the hinge of said frame is formed. (See Figs. l, 4, 5, and 6.) A nut E8 may be applied to the free end of the arm E to retain said arm in position; but such retention may usually be effected by the engagement between the parts E2 and the coils F3 of the spring F adjacent to the foot F2. Each arm E2 is preferably placed between the coils F3 and the bed and in front of the foot F2, so that the portion of the spring F between said foot and the coils` F3 may form a stop, limiting the rearward movement of the hinged frame E. A bracket J extends rearward from said plate G and is provided with a vertical aperture J', through which one of the members D' of the head-rest of the canopy-support extends. Said aperture is located far enough rearward to allow said member D to clear other portions of said plate G, to the end that said member may be moved up and down in said aperture to adjust the height of the upper portion of said member to varying needs. A set-screw J2 extends through said bracket vJ into the aperture J and bears against said member, thus binding the member at any chosen elevation. In Figs. 5 and 6 said plateG is shown as having on the upper portion of its inner face a horizontal groove G2, adapted to receive one of the horizontal -portions of the foot F2. Figs. 4 and 6 show four holes extending through said plate G in lines perpendicular to the plane of said plate. Of these four holes the two marked g and g2are in a vertical plane cutting the plate G centrally and are intended to receive Woodscrews passing into a wooden headboard of a bedstead, while the holes marked g4 and g5 are in a horizontal plane and separated a distance approximately equal to the thickness of a metallic bedspost and intended to receive bolts When said plate is to be secured to a post of a metallic bedstead.

Fig. 9 shows a horizontal section through the plate G and through a cylindric post L, to which said plate is applied. Said plate is applied to one side of said post, and a band L' extends around the opposite side of said post, and said plate and band are drawn toward each other by screw-bolts L2 and L3, the foot F2 rest-ing between said plate and said post L.

The mosquito netting extends over the head-support D, the frame E, the cords H, and the sides of lthe bedstead.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a canopy-support, a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having lits parts lying substantially in the same plane,

and the portion of said spring next to said foot being formed into one or more coils, F3, resting in a plane to which said foot is lateral, said coils being on a horizontal axis parallel to and at such distance forward of the plane of said foot as to make said plane tangential to said coils, substantially as described.

2. In a canopy-support, aspring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said spring next to said foot being formed into one or more coils, F3, resting in a plane to which said foot is lateral, said coils being on a horizontal axis parallel to and far enough forward of the plane of said foot to make said plane tangential to said coils, and said spring having its other end shaped to engage a side rod of a canopy-frame, substantially as described.

3. In a canopy-support, the combination of a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said spring next to said foot being coiled in a plane to which the plane of said foot is perpendicular, suitable means for securing said foot to a bedstead, or other article, and a side rod hinged adjacent to and engaged by said spring, substantially as described.

4;. In a canopy-support, the combination of a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said spring next to said foot being coiled in a plane to which the plane of said foot is perpendicular, and a bracket engaging said foot, and a side rod hinged adjacent to and engaged by said spring, substantially as described.

5. In a canopy-support, the combination of IOO IIO

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a spring having a foot in a plane perpendicuor foot having its parts lying spbstantially in the same plane and the portion of said spring next to said foot being coiled in a plane to which the plane of said foot is perpendicular, and a bracket engaging said foot, and a side rod hinged to said bracket and engaged by said spring, substantially as described.

7. In a canopy-support, the combination of a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said spring next to said foot being formed into one or more coils, F3, resting in a plane to which said foot is lateral, said coils being on a horizontal axis parallel to and far enough for- W'ard of the plane of said foot to make said plane tangential to said coils, and a bracket for engaging said foot, and a side rod hinged to said bracket and engaged by said spring, substantially as described.

S. In a canopy-support, the combination of a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said spring next to said foot beingcoiled in a plane to Which the plane of said foot is perpendicular, said spring having its other end shaped to engage a side rod of the canopy-frame, and a bracket engaging said foot and having a horizontal aperture parallel to said bracket, and a side rod hinged in said aperture and engaged by said spring, substantially as described.

9. In a canopy-support, the combination of a spring having one end folded to form a base or foot having its parts lying substantially in the same plane, and the portion of said frame next to said foot being formed into one or more coils, F3, resting in a plane to which said foot is lateral, said coils being on a horizontal axis parallel to and far enough for- Ward of the plane of said foot to make said plane tangential to said coils, said arm having its other end shaped to receive a side rod of the canopy-frame, and a bracket engaging said foot and ha vinga horizontal aperture parallel to said bracket, and a side rod hinged in said aperture and engaged by said spring, and a vertical aperture, and a vertical rod located in said aperture, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM P. BIDDLE. Witnesses:

J. H. FRANTZ. CYRUS KEHR. 

